Saturday, October 25, 2014

I don’t want to leave you hanging about some of the things I have blogged about here lately - so here are some updates:

1. Potty-Training = It has come to a standstill for the time being. Jaxen hates his underwear now and after Nik and I discussing some other instances that have come up, we both feel that he is not really ready for full-on potty training yet. Even though I am sooo ready for this to happen. I am practicing patience and really trying to wait until he is ready so it is a good experience for all of us. That is number one thing I keep hearing - don’t rush it!

2. The Weather = I know I blog about Fall a lot and have also kept saying that winter is coming. Well, Fall is still here, but not as pretty. The weather has been cold and rainy. Most of the leaves have fallen. And in the 10 day forecast (currently) there is a chance of snow on November 1 with a high of 44 and a low of 30. That being said - Tuesday is supposed to have a high of 70. Weather is so funny.

3. Parking Lot / Pumpkin Patch = I know I mentioned that Nik was helping oversee the parking lot at church. It is bigger, repaved and lines were finally painted last week. All done. The pumpkin patch has not done very well. The weather. We will see with this last week left how it goes - hoping to sell lots of pumpkins!

And just some general updates:

1. Health = Everyone is staying healthy around here so far. Jaxen had a 24-hour fever a few weeks ago, but is fine now.

2. Our church hosted a Marriage Retreat Friday night and today (Saturday) and Nik and I were able to attend. It was a wonderful experience for us and our marriage. I cannot say enough good things about it. If you ever get a chance…attend a marriage retreat! Make your marriage a priority.

3. Jaxen stayed with a couple of teens while Nik and I were at the Marriage Retreat today. The minute we got home, he wanted a snack and to sit in his chair (such a little man!). Not even 5 minutes later - this is how we found him:

One of the teens said he never napped, and that he laughed all day long! I guess that’s a pretty good report! But he was exhausted!

4. I have not been good at picture taking. I hope to do better this week.

Monday, October 20, 2014

Last week I had one of those weeks. You know the kind…when you don’t feel like yourself and everyday you are either fighting with your child, your spouse, the cashier, the Sonic drive-in and everything and everyone seems to be against you…that kind of week!

Therefore - no blog posting. There was just not much good to be said!

However - a cry session, some time alone and PERSPECTIVE make a big difference! Isn’t it amazing how a different or new perspective can change things? For me anyway, it made a difference this week.

Friday afternoon I took my Bible Study time to the park.

I just parked my car, enjoyed the view and caught up on my Bible Studies.

It was a nice, needed break away from the world!

We had a pretty boring week anyway - not much to blog about! But no worries, I will return to the regularly-scheduled-blog-posting this week!

P.S. It was in the 30’s Sunday morning…time to break out the big coat!

Friday, October 10, 2014

We are in the Potty-Training-Process. Not rushing anything, and taking it slowly.

With that said - Jaxen has gone pee pee in the potty a total of 4 times. Over the course of almost three weeks. Like I said, slowly! The third time (Wednesday) I decided to put on the underwear that we had been talking about. It went something like this:

I have been asking Jaxen (multiple times each day) if he needed to go potty. This particular time, he started pulling his pants off (in the kitchen) and so we went in the bathroom and he sat on his potty. After a bit, he went pee pee. We cheered, he stuck his hands in it (not so proud momma moment), we flushed, closed the lid, put on our big boy underwear and washed hands.

I decided to let him stay in his underwear a little bit. Every couple of minutes I would ask if he needed to go potty and check to make sure he was still dry. Cue time number 4 of that scenario. Wet undies, wet legs and wet spot on the floor. I knew there would be an accident, but I was secretly hoping we could get at least one more potty time in!

I then talked to Jaxen and told him we go pee pee in the potty and not in our underwear…blah blah blah. I cleaned him up, put a diaper on him, cleaned up the mess and on we went with our day.

One more sign that Jaxen is probably not full-on ready for the potty = he could care less that he went pee pee in his underwear. Didn’t phase him a bit!

So we keep on…

And I’m completely ok with that!

I did capture a few pics of Jaxen in this underwear while he was washing his hands. Because I just could not resist! And I have been cleaning his hiney for over 2 years - so I can!

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

I know you are probably sick of hearing how beautiful it is here…but it is, and I can’t get over it. Coming from Southeastern NM and Central TX - I have just never experienced this kind of beautiful fall before. I will stop soon. I promise :)

We had the nicest, best September EVER. Most days were in the 70’s and beautiful. I was talking with someone the other day and we both decided the last 3 weeks were more consistent and nice than our entire summer was. It was awesome.

Then Saturday hit. Cloudy, rainy and the high was 60. The rest of the week has panned out about the same. Plus wind.

I think our fall is over and we are definitely heading into winter!

But until winter officially arrives, I am enjoying this view of our backyard -

The leaves. I have absolutely no desire to rake them, because they are beautiful. (Sorry for the blurry spots, it was raining). I know I will need to rake them before the first snow comes because last spring under all the snow were a ton of leaves. Dead, brown, ugly leaves that took forever to clean up. So I will clean them up one day - but until then…I am enjoying them!

Saturday (along with the cold weather) was the first day of the church’s Pumpkin Patch! This is a youth fundraiser that Nik is in charge of.

Cute, huh? Jaxen and I went on Tuesday and picked out a couple of pumpkins to bring home! (We may go back and get a few more).

There is a youth fall retreat this weekend that Nik and some of the teens are headed to. I will be hanging at home with the little boy.

About Me

I try to live my life intentionally. Loving my family, having fun and sharing God's love.
I have been married to Nik since November 9, 2002. We have two incredible boys - Jaxen (born June 2012) and Zane (born April 2016).
Nik is in full-time ministry; and is the Lead Pastor at New Life Community Church of the Nazarene. I am lucky enough to be able to stay at home with our two boys.
This blog is an account of our days...our memories. Enjoy this little glimpse into our world!